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40% power reduction puts LED backlit TVs at the forefront of green technology. More on LED TVs.

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One seaweed farm may produce enough biofuel to supply 30% of Japan's fuel consumption. More on Seaweed farms.

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Arctic Ice Photos

Arctic ice and glacier photos were released last week by the Obama Administration. More on Arctic Ice.

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Endangered!

Not only are animals threat- ened with extinction, but also cities and islands. More on Endangered.

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Millions face difficult times in the countries most affected by global warming. More on Bleak Realities.

Entries in thoreau's legacy (1)

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Jul012009

Wet Wednesday - Thoreau's Legacy

Modern Writers Carry On Thoreau's Legacy

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This week, I have been taken with a new book - captured in a way that I have not been since I discovered Annie Dillard back in 1976. Thoreau's Legacy: American Stories on Global Warming is a joint effort between the Union of Concerned Scientists and Penguin Books. It is a collection of 64 essays by writers, teachers, scientists, naturalists, grandfathers - ordinary, everyday people who are seeing the effects of global warming. I came acros it in a post at DailyKos - which I normally don't read regularly - and found myself going through the book page by page, captured by the real voices of real people talking about things I'd seen and thought, but never put together before.